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>> larry, what we are doing right now is we are talking about the romney plan for i stronger middle class. we are talking about each of those components. we are talking about the specifics of those goals. how governor romney's plan would reduce the deficit. through august of this year. the deficit is $1.2 trillion. we are going to talk about championing small business and economic growth and governor romney will be talking about the need to cut taxes. corporate tax rate as well as individual tax rates because small business owners as you know tend to pay the individual tax rate. >> so we will hear new talk about the 20% income tax reduction as you say affects small business. eddy, i haven't heard it for so long that i have forgotten it is in the campaign documents. >> they are talking more about the specifics under lined each of the five parts of the plan for a stock erstronger middle c one of those is championing small business. so you will hear more about it next week. >> we'll leave it there. ed gillespie, thank you ed. i appreciate it very much. >> thank you for having me on. >> all r
>> larry, what we are doing right now is we are talking about the romney plan for i stronger middle class. we are talking about each of those components. we are talking about the specifics of those goals. how governor romney's plan would reduce the deficit. through august of this year. the deficit is $1.2 trillion. we are going to talk about championing small business and economic growth and governor romney will be talking about the need to cut taxes. corporate tax rate as well as...
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right, obama wants to raise taxes and here's romney who wants to cut them. and romney has to explain to people why it's a luge contrast. >> that's one area he needed to become a little bit specific. that would have kbn an important point for him to make. >> thank you, gentlemen. that's it for this evening's show. thanks for watching. we will do much more about the charlotte convention next few days. including tomorrow night. free market capitalism is still the best path to prosperity. maybe there's a democrat who will listen to that. want to try to crack it? yeah, that's the way to do it! now we need a little bit more... a little bit more vanilla? this is great! [ male announcer ] at humana, we believe there's never been a better time to share your passions because the results... are you having fun doing this? yeah. that's a very nice cake! [ male announcer ] well, you can't beat them. [ giggles ] ohh! you got something huh? whoa... [ male announcer ] humana understands the value of spending time together that's a lot of work getting that one in! let's go se
right, obama wants to raise taxes and here's romney who wants to cut them. and romney has to explain to people why it's a luge contrast. >> that's one area he needed to become a little bit specific. that would have kbn an important point for him to make. >> thank you, gentlemen. that's it for this evening's show. thanks for watching. we will do much more about the charlotte convention next few days. including tomorrow night. free market capitalism is still the best path to...
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. >> i think that's exactly right. we may hear the same thing from romney. and a lot of people have said that at this convention. but i just want to say, marco rubio is a total political superstar. >> we could see a ryan/rubio presidential race. >> i don't know, but that introduction to mitt romney was fantastic. that's as good as anything i have ever seen. and i've seen a few of them. >> i think romney is a little fortunate that his introduction was rubio and not clint eastwood. >> that's all right. poor clint eastwood. he meant well. he's hollywood. marco rubio, however, is the future of the united states. >> you can see romney heading towards this revamped podium which has been lowered to put him closer to the crowd than the podium earlier in the week. it's also going to accommodate that very large family that will be up on the stage with him after he delivers that speech. >> by the way, i've never seen mitt romney wear a red tie before. ever. first one i've seen. >> he does baby blue a lot. >> baby blue, all kinds of blue shades. you can see he's a happy
. >> i think that's exactly right. we may hear the same thing from romney. and a lot of people have said that at this convention. but i just want to say, marco rubio is a total political superstar. >> we could see a ryan/rubio presidential race. >> i don't know, but that introduction to mitt romney was fantastic. that's as good as anything i have ever seen. and i've seen a few of them. >> i think romney is a little fortunate that his introduction was rubio and not clint...
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corporation, mitt romney is right. corporations are composed of human beings who organize themselves to make profits and pay themselves and pay their shareholders and all that. that's kind of a partisan tool. quote from mitt romney, but that was joe biden at his best tonight and i think in the same way that the republican ticket was very happy with the spectacular performance by paul ryan last week, democrats are going to be happy with that speech. >> certainly was fiery. next up, the man of the night, the main event. we are coming right back with president barack obama's address to the democratic national convention as he accepts their nomination for re-election. don't go anywhere. >> come and -- bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm gla
corporation, mitt romney is right. corporations are composed of human beings who organize themselves to make profits and pay themselves and pay their shareholders and all that. that's kind of a partisan tool. quote from mitt romney, but that was joe biden at his best tonight and i think in the same way that the republican ticket was very happy with the spectacular performance by paul ryan last week, democrats are going to be happy with that speech. >> certainly was fiery. next up, the man...
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is romney the right guy to make the free enterprise case against obama? >> well, we'll see. plenty of practice in the primaries, and he's had hints of it in defending capitalism, but the key thing, larry, is consistency. hammering home tax cuts that he's proposing, getting the real proposal on free markets and health care, especially if you should be prepared, the supreme court throws this thing out in june, what do you replace it with? and the spending side he's got right. the key thing is he portrays confidence, has those specific proposals. >> he's on the trail with paul ryan. what more do you need to know? >> the fact of the matter is, he's with paul ryan now. will he do it when paul ryan is not around him. the primaries have made romney a better candidate. he has to show he can stand up and meet these attacks and go the way reagan did with optimistic proposal. >> let me bring in, strummy, i want to ask this. you won't like this and certainly you won't agree. i think obama is stepping into a big trap. he becomes the great society liberal entitlement state guy. he wants t
is romney the right guy to make the free enterprise case against obama? >> well, we'll see. plenty of practice in the primaries, and he's had hints of it in defending capitalism, but the key thing, larry, is consistency. hammering home tax cuts that he's proposing, getting the real proposal on free markets and health care, especially if you should be prepared, the supreme court throws this thing out in june, what do you replace it with? and the spending side he's got right. the key thing...
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this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> all right. so romney is set. mitt romney is set to take the stage tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. you will see it here live on cnbc. honesty, there is so much riding on tonight's speech. this is a defining moment for the entire presidential campaign. so let's talk. here now is cnbc contributor ari melber of the nation magazine and phil musser, gop consultant and former romney campaign adviser. ari, uh want to give you the first whack. what do you expect mitt romney to do and how specific do you think he'll be about taxes and economic growth which i think is a winning issue? >> i don't think he's going to be that specific. he's got to talk about the humanizing elements, what he cares about, what he believes, why people should connect to him. the problem for romney started last night with paul ryan. that speech had more substantive lies in it than most people can remember in a convention speech. the romney campaign has been on the defensive all day. i don't think they expected that when they put paul ryan on the tic
this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> all right. so romney is set. mitt romney is set to take the stage tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. you will see it here live on cnbc. honesty, there is so much riding on tonight's speech. this is a defining moment for the entire presidential campaign. so let's talk. here now is cnbc contributor ari melber of the nation magazine and phil musser, gop consultant and former romney campaign adviser. ari, uh want to give you the first whack. what do you...
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that's right. that's right. you know what? the president has declared that a debate over government controlled health care is over. that will come as news to the millions of americans who will elect mitt romney so we can repeal obama care. and the biggest, coldest power play came at the expense of the elderly. you see, even with all the hidden taxes to pay for the health care takeover. even with the new law and new taxes on nearly a million small businesses, the planners in washington still didn't have enough money. they needed more. hundreds of billions more. so they just took it all away from medicare. $716 billion funneled out of the medicare by president obama. it's being sacrificed all to pay for a new entitlement we didn't even ask for. the greatest threat to medicare is obama care and we're going to stop it. in congress, when they take out the heavy books and wall chart on medicare, by thoughts go back to a house on garfield street in janesville. by wonderful grandmother had alzheimer alzheimer's. we did all the little
that's right. that's right. you know what? the president has declared that a debate over government controlled health care is over. that will come as news to the millions of americans who will elect mitt romney so we can repeal obama care. and the biggest, coldest power play came at the expense of the elderly. you see, even with all the hidden taxes to pay for the health care takeover. even with the new law and new taxes on nearly a million small businesses, the planners in washington still...
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the polls are in a dead heat right now and what romney needs to do is come out and go to the swing states. here he's going to have a jobs tour. he needs a jobs tour now. go to ohio. he talked about free trade and american virginia. he's going to go to ohio and talk to them. >> is he going to get a bounce with barack obama following on his heels next week? >> the polls show that he did get a couple points already out of the convention. but it's interesting to note that both barack obama and mitt romney are below 50% in those polls. and they're well within the margin of error. i don't think there's a bounce out of either convention. i think we're going into this homestretch in a dead heat. i want to associate myself with something jared burnstein said earlier. when mitt romney takes the ronald reagan line and asks, are you better off today than you were four years ago, he has to be careful. in states, swing states like florida and ohio, guess what? people are better off. the unemployment rates are better in those key swing states than four years ago. >> we'll have to leave it there. that's
the polls are in a dead heat right now and what romney needs to do is come out and go to the swing states. here he's going to have a jobs tour. he needs a jobs tour now. go to ohio. he talked about free trade and american virginia. he's going to go to ohio and talk to them. >> is he going to get a bounce with barack obama following on his heels next week? >> the polls show that he did get a couple points already out of the convention. but it's interesting to note that both barack...
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i give romney credit for moving in the right direction here, but he should be bolder, like paul ryan's house plan. >> the other issue is -- the ultimate goal here is to create economic growth, right? >> right. >> dave, if you were to see these tax cuts actually lead to economic growth, lead businesses to create jobs, do you get there the other way, through economic growth and job creation? isn't that the ultimate goal? >> yeah, but maria, look, it's tough to create economic growth. you whack the home mortgage interest deduction and the housing sector takes a hit. whack the employer health insurance deduction, and the health sector takes a hit. >> but you're lowering taxes for corporations and individuals. doesn't it mean those people most likely and those companies most likely will be putting money back into the economy to create jobs and to create consumer spending? i was looking at the ultimate goal here. so, you know, is that where he's going with this, to eventually create growth? >> yes. the marginal tax rates are the driver of economic growth no matter -- no doubt about it. look,
i give romney credit for moving in the right direction here, but he should be bolder, like paul ryan's house plan. >> the other issue is -- the ultimate goal here is to create economic growth, right? >> right. >> dave, if you were to see these tax cuts actually lead to economic growth, lead businesses to create jobs, do you get there the other way, through economic growth and job creation? isn't that the ultimate goal? >> yeah, but maria, look, it's tough to create...
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identified mitt romney, absolutely right. he said he was going to change washington with some lofty tone and vague principles. instead, washington is more polarized and less functional. mitt romney is a get down and solve this problem guy. he'll work with democrats who want to work with him. he'll wark with our congressional leadership. democrats on the hill are all for obama, but they don't like the relationship they've had with this white house. this white house doesn't know how to work with the congress. mitt romney will put together a hard-working team that will get this done. >> this fiscal cliff. the ceo says there's a recession staring us in the face and it's not going to be easy after the election. what are the romney plans? >> i believe the house and the nat in my judgment will have the majority to pass votes to put off the taxes and allow the romney administration to reform. the question is, what would a lame duck president barack obama do when such a bill comes to his desk. i think the house republicans are going t
identified mitt romney, absolutely right. he said he was going to change washington with some lofty tone and vague principles. instead, washington is more polarized and less functional. mitt romney is a get down and solve this problem guy. he'll work with democrats who want to work with him. he'll wark with our congressional leadership. democrats on the hill are all for obama, but they don't like the relationship they've had with this white house. this white house doesn't know how to work with...
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why romney? >> i think the current administration has not had the right policies to grow the economy and bring down the unemployment level to an acceptable level below 6%. i think romney will have different policies and that will grow the economy at a higher rate. >> realistically, what could he do, dick, when you bear in mind the roadblock that any president faces when you have the kind of makeup and temperament of a congress that we've had for the last several years here? >> well, i think it's all about policies, not politics. i think whoever is elected, i think what they should do is the following. they should recognize that the partisanship and polarization is here. it's not going to change. no one is going to convince the republicans to vote with the democrats and vice versa. there has to be a compromise. there has to be a consensus. >> amen to that. >> here's how i -- >> you don't get that these days. >> here's how i think you can accomplish it. i think you start with a bipartisan approach.
why romney? >> i think the current administration has not had the right policies to grow the economy and bring down the unemployment level to an acceptable level below 6%. i think romney will have different policies and that will grow the economy at a higher rate. >> realistically, what could he do, dick, when you bear in mind the roadblock that any president faces when you have the kind of makeup and temperament of a congress that we've had for the last several years here? >>...
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he's senior romney campaign foreign policy adviser. all right. we evened it out. put cutter's statement up there. now we have my friend ambassador rich. you know, i'm reading jennifer -- jennifer reuben's blog today, and she told me something i didn't know. i want to getake on this. you're a state department alumni. charlene lamb of the state department apparently followed the attack on our benghazi consulate in realtime, in realtime, which is how i guess it works nowadays and therefore knew that this was not a protest about a video, but this was a gang of al qaeda-related thugs who took over the embassy. she filed this in realtime. if she had that information, then hillary clinton had that information, and if hillary clinton had that information, richard williamson, president obama had that information, and that's why americans are burned up. >> well, we know that the day after the tragic events in benghazi that a senior state department official briefed some people on capitol hill, referred to it as a terrorist attack so clearly the administration, the gang that
he's senior romney campaign foreign policy adviser. all right. we evened it out. put cutter's statement up there. now we have my friend ambassador rich. you know, i'm reading jennifer -- jennifer reuben's blog today, and she told me something i didn't know. i want to getake on this. you're a state department alumni. charlene lamb of the state department apparently followed the attack on our benghazi consulate in realtime, in realtime, which is how i guess it works nowadays and therefore knew...
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you may be right. your man romney may win. i'm just saying you could wake up tomorrow morning and you will have president obama re-elected, democratic senate re-elected and the house republicans re-elected. as an astute investor, which you are, what changes here. what changes if that is the scenario? >> again, i'm not in the mind of president obama, but if he pivots, larry and he starts to be more of a pro growth, more of a pro business oriented person, we will do a lot better. if he continues the have and the have not split and the anti-business rhetoric, we are going to stagnate and we will jap japanify for a decade. none of us want that. i am just hoping that the next president will be better than the last. >> no, no. good stuff. >> one last question. you talk about the strategy and coming up the eastern sea board and we will see what happens in the next couple of hours. at this hour, are you feeling in boston like you wish you had a little more wiggle room? >> there is no question. we are all numbers guys on the table. thi
you may be right. your man romney may win. i'm just saying you could wake up tomorrow morning and you will have president obama re-elected, democratic senate re-elected and the house republicans re-elected. as an astute investor, which you are, what changes here. what changes if that is the scenario? >> again, i'm not in the mind of president obama, but if he pivots, larry and he starts to be more of a pro growth, more of a pro business oriented person, we will do a lot better. if he...
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this is the guy that mitt romney chose to by b his running mate and he's so far to the right that i think the american public will not buy into it. i thought it was a wonderful speech for the faithful in the base but it was not a good speech to reach the independe independents. >> there is an advantage in going second. you can hear the talking points and you can respond. what do you expect to hear from the dnc? >> that's a good question. i think the democrats will go after a lot of what paul ryan said. but i think mitt romney is really the subject that the democrats will focus on the most. paul ryan is an issue because romney chose him as his running mate, but there is is a range of issues where the two of them are trying to figure out what they believe and how they will meld their opinions together. this issue of inconsistency and hypocrisy will come up again and again from the democrats in charlotte next week not only on the budget issues but the social issues. how do you meld the moderate mitt romney of the past with the conservative paul ryan of today. and that's going to be a tough i
this is the guy that mitt romney chose to by b his running mate and he's so far to the right that i think the american public will not buy into it. i thought it was a wonderful speech for the faithful in the base but it was not a good speech to reach the independe independents. >> there is an advantage in going second. you can hear the talking points and you can respond. what do you expect to hear from the dnc? >> that's a good question. i think the democrats will go after a lot of...
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why romney is the right choice for business and the economy. my volt is the best vehicle i've ever driven. i bought the car because of its efficiency. i bought the car because i could eliminate gas from my budget. i don't spend money on gasoline. it's been 4,000 miles since my last trip to the gas station. it's pretty great. i get a bunch of kids waving at me... giving me the thumbs up. it's always a gratifying experience. it makes me feel good about my car. i absolutely love my chevy volt. ♪ >> announcer: this is a special edition of "the kudlow report" live from the republican national convention in tampa, florida. here now is larry kudlow. >> welcome back to "the kudlow report." i'm larry kudlow. in this half hour, paul ryan will unveil his vision of the new american way of governing. a reform movement within the republican party that cuts entitlement spending not to eliminate it but to save it. we're going to talk about that with two stars, south carolina governor nikki haley and marco rubio. at 42 years old paul ryan was the face of the
why romney is the right choice for business and the economy. my volt is the best vehicle i've ever driven. i bought the car because of its efficiency. i bought the car because i could eliminate gas from my budget. i don't spend money on gasoline. it's been 4,000 miles since my last trip to the gas station. it's pretty great. i get a bunch of kids waving at me... giving me the thumbs up. it's always a gratifying experience. it makes me feel good about my car. i absolutely love my chevy volt. ♪...
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romney is paying more. they got the right to indict him. it's absolutely ridiculous. >> should we want more people -- say we had ten times as many people -- >> oh, no. >> no, listen, no, we don't want taxpayers. we don't want people giving $4 million to charity and value creators. those are the parasites in socie society. we don't want this. >> this is the embodiment of what's wrong with this country is -- is that someone -- >> wealth creators. >> no, here's what we want. we want people like mitt romney who go out over the course of their lives and have created wealth, started companies and turned around companies and paid millions in taxes and give millions to charity. i would think that -- listen, a nation full of mitt romneys would be fantastic. >> howard, going give you one more chance on that. >> look -- >> i think you're being quiet because you really don't have anything to say. i think you're being very quiet tonight? you're a tough combination, you and jim. >> don't back down. >> i'm not backing down. >> wait until i bring in jonath
romney is paying more. they got the right to indict him. it's absolutely ridiculous. >> should we want more people -- say we had ten times as many people -- >> oh, no. >> no, listen, no, we don't want taxpayers. we don't want people giving $4 million to charity and value creators. those are the parasites in socie society. we don't want this. >> this is the embodiment of what's wrong with this country is -- is that someone -- >> wealth creators. >> no, here's...
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i think governor romney can start from there. >> all right. >> and have a great success. >> we'll leave it there. governor, good to have you on the program. thanks so much for your time tonight. >> thank you, maria. >> we'll talk to you soon. keep it here for up to the minute election results. our special program begins at top of the hour with a special e edition of "squawk box." then i'll be anchoring starting at 7:00 until we learn who the next president will be. we have all of the action here for you on cnbc. >>> up next what money can buy. wait until you hear some of the ballot initiatives being funded by some of the nation's super rich. wealth editor robert frank on the story. >>> also, buckle up for tomorrow's post-election session. our top market pros will tell what an obama or romney victory could do to your money. stick around on "closing bell." ♪ [ female announcer ] today is not just about who lives in the white house, it's about who lives in the yellow house, the brick, the green, and the apartment house, too. today we not only honor the oval office, but we honor the cubic
i think governor romney can start from there. >> all right. >> and have a great success. >> we'll leave it there. governor, good to have you on the program. thanks so much for your time tonight. >> thank you, maria. >> we'll talk to you soon. keep it here for up to the minute election results. our special program begins at top of the hour with a special e edition of "squawk box." then i'll be anchoring starting at 7:00 until we learn who the next...
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in the debate, romney repeated that. i was a little disappointed paul ryan didn't repeat that point because, you're right, there's about a trillion worth of loopholes on a yearly basis. >> both of you guys are forgetting something important. >> caps are very important. >> i agree. listen, david and larry, mitt romney has taken some of those looch hol loopholes off the table. >> i didn't hear him say that. >> the vice president said that tonight and ryan did not correct it. >> investment income, capital gains and dividends. >> i don't regard those as loopholes and neither does mitt. >> they're in your 1 trillion. >> ask david. are they not in this 1 trillion? >> they are in the 1 trillion. >> if we go back -- >> those aren't loopholes. >> you may not think so but counting them. >> if we had a decent tax code we count tax saving and investment at all, tax consumption and income. >> let's talk about what the top five are. the top five are the fact individuals don't pay income taxes on employer provided health care. it's the
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a crucial time for the romney campaign, right, john? >> reporter: it is and a tricky choice to make. as you mentioned, those polls indicate that president obama may be opening up some significant lead over romney after they've been deadlocked for a long time. you saw the nbc/"wall street journal" poll last week with a six-point advantage for the president. reuters with a seven-point advantage. fox news last night, a nine point. obama creeping up to about 49%. romney in the low 40s and adds pressure to the vice presidential choice. paul ryan, a lot of conservative intellectuals are pushing paul ryan but for the reasons they're pushing him, very serious about cutting the budget. that makes him a risky choice. democrats say they would love to run against paul ryan and the plans for medicare. you have tim pawlenty, may be the safest choice in the field. former governor of minnesota. didn't win many votes but drew some applause from other republicans for the dignity of his campaign, some working class appeal, been a loyal surrogate of mitt r
a crucial time for the romney campaign, right, john? >> reporter: it is and a tricky choice to make. as you mentioned, those polls indicate that president obama may be opening up some significant lead over romney after they've been deadlocked for a long time. you saw the nbc/"wall street journal" poll last week with a six-point advantage for the president. reuters with a seven-point advantage. fox news last night, a nine point. obama creeping up to about 49%. romney in the low...
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his point is the mitt romney that he knew all those years ago is not the right ring guy running for president now. that's the poink he makes. point he makes. >> and that is what making this a close race because mitt has moved a little to the center. but another one i can't let go by. president obama now wants a secretary of business. ap-mitt romney's response is, hey, listen, i'm doing it. i got 25 seconds. i know how to get business. the other guy wants a secretary of business. this is the weirdest darn thing i've ever heard. >> well, remember, bloomberg fancies himself as a presidential candidate not once but several times. we don't need another government agency. >> indeed we don't. you have that totally right. and you did it right in the middle of the time frame. >> i agree. how about that? >> terrific. you're very honest tonight. that's it for tonight's show. thanks for watching. larry kudlow. president obama: there's just no quit in america... and you're seeing that right now. over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back. and
his point is the mitt romney that he knew all those years ago is not the right ring guy running for president now. that's the poink he makes. point he makes. >> and that is what making this a close race because mitt has moved a little to the center. but another one i can't let go by. president obama now wants a secretary of business. ap-mitt romney's response is, hey, listen, i'm doing it. i got 25 seconds. i know how to get business. the other guy wants a secretary of business. this is...
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even though congressman weber is right, romney has said all the right things, but there's a lingering sense romney hasn't said enough. >> and vin, there is tremendous public antipathy to obamacare. 56% of the polls show that people don't like obamacare. i get the medicare reform. i get the paul ryan connection. >> but that's very big. don't brush over it. that's the key. >> but you have to deal with romneycare and obamacare, vin. that's what i'm saying. i'm not being hostile or anti-romney. >> that is the albatross around his neck. >> when are you going to do it? i know vin doesn't agree, but it looks like you're going to win. the question is when does the romneycare speech take place? >> i'm not sure, but the key points he's made is that he is going to support repeal of obamacare, it's his first priority when he gets elected, and he supports the ryan approach toward premium support to reform medicare which is the key to reforming medicare and the really is just fleshing out the program. >> i predict the speech doesn't happen because he knows. >> larry, he made the speech before the r
even though congressman weber is right, romney has said all the right things, but there's a lingering sense romney hasn't said enough. >> and vin, there is tremendous public antipathy to obamacare. 56% of the polls show that people don't like obamacare. i get the medicare reform. i get the paul ryan connection. >> but that's very big. don't brush over it. that's the key. >> but you have to deal with romneycare and obamacare, vin. that's what i'm saying. i'm not being hostile...
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"kudlow" coming right back. >>> mitt romney's going to be the next president of the united states. the 45th president. the president seems stuck. whether you look at state polls, national polls b. 48%, that is a deadly number for him. that's undecideds are going to break toward mitt romney. i think he's going to win about 300 electoral votes, 51-49 in the popular vote, he'll be the 45th president. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. >>> mitt romney energized nearly 30,000 supporters in pennsylvania last night. pennsylvania. late today the campaign announced he'll be back in the keystone state to rally voters tomorrow. the last time pennsylvania elected a
"kudlow" coming right back. >>> mitt romney's going to be the next president of the united states. the 45th president. the president seems stuck. whether you look at state polls, national polls b. 48%, that is a deadly number for him. that's undecideds are going to break toward mitt romney. i think he's going to win about 300 electoral votes, 51-49 in the popular vote, he'll be the 45th president. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way...
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our top story right now, mitt romney comes forward to say he has paid at least 13% in taxes every year for the past ten year. plus he's paid huge amounts for charitable giving. you liberals take out your calculators. in 2010 he reported $22 million in income. at 13.9%, just over $3 million in taxes. what do you want from him? all that investment income, by the way, is double taxed. don't forget that. first as corporate income. then as capital gains. so his effective tax rate is closer to 45% and he gave a fortune to charity on top of that. why do liberals keep harping on that. harry reid, wrong on this issue. ten-year treasury bond rates have gone up 50 basis points suggesting a slightly stronger economy, no recession. likely fed stimulus is not going to happen. and we have a rising stock market. so to wit, the dow up 85, nasdaq up 31, s&p up 10. and neil kashkari joins us. and calls to replace joe biden with hillary clinton. today, the vp meeting in the oval office with the secretary of state and president, then lunch with the president. is it all a show? new york times best selling a
our top story right now, mitt romney comes forward to say he has paid at least 13% in taxes every year for the past ten year. plus he's paid huge amounts for charitable giving. you liberals take out your calculators. in 2010 he reported $22 million in income. at 13.9%, just over $3 million in taxes. what do you want from him? all that investment income, by the way, is double taxed. don't forget that. first as corporate income. then as capital gains. so his effective tax rate is closer to 45%...
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romney/ryan, 44%. look at the right direction, wrong track. that one not necessarily good news for the folks a the white house. 32 brs think the country is going in the right direction. 61% think it's on the wrong track. but flip over to the economy, you see something that's going to give folks in the romney campaign a little bit of pause here. ask if the economy is going to get better? 36% say yes. look at the jump. 18% saying the economy is going to get worse over the coming month. and then look at wall ryan and the effect he's had or more correctly, not necessarily had on this race. does adding paul ryan to this ticket make your more likely to vote for mitt romney? 22% said yes. less likely? 23% said yes. and 44% said it will not affect whether they vote for romney or not. the that spread is worse than joe biden or sarah palin had on their tickets the last time around. >> it may be a little early, eamon. is putting wisconsin in play. i think that speaks to the ryan phenomen phenomenon. we'll see. i think this falls a little early in making
romney/ryan, 44%. look at the right direction, wrong track. that one not necessarily good news for the folks a the white house. 32 brs think the country is going in the right direction. 61% think it's on the wrong track. but flip over to the economy, you see something that's going to give folks in the romney campaign a little bit of pause here. ask if the economy is going to get better? 36% say yes. look at the jump. 18% saying the economy is going to get worse over the coming month. and then...
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>> all right, jimmy, mitt romney and the markets bounce back. good evening, everyone. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report" coming to you tonight from washington, d.c. this morning i moderated the business roundtable discussion on the ceo plan for jobs and economic growth. so sizzle story number one this evening. stocks come back thanks to a strong adp jobs report and a weird fed story that somehow they're going to buy more bonds without creating more money. it's all hooey. don't believe a word of it. we break it down in just a moment. sizzle story number two. once again, mitt romney snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a come from behind razor-thin win in ohio. but he still has a slog of a couple of months. sheer one more sizzle. the new ipad unveiled today. it's hd. it's g4. and it ipaded stocks for everyone but apple. first tonight let's turn to our market panel. maybe we can get rid of all that music that is blasting in my ear. thank you very much. we're going to do some stock market work on today's comeback. joining me now cnbc contributors michae
>> all right, jimmy, mitt romney and the markets bounce back. good evening, everyone. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report" coming to you tonight from washington, d.c. this morning i moderated the business roundtable discussion on the ceo plan for jobs and economic growth. so sizzle story number one this evening. stocks come back thanks to a strong adp jobs report and a weird fed story that somehow they're going to buy more bonds without creating more money. it's all...
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paul ryan is, right now, clarifying and emboldening the free market, free enterprise romney campaign. good for ryan. he's a man of bold ideas. he will make the contrast between president obama's big government, tax the rich, spend and spend, his government dependency and entitlement. ryan, supply side tax cut reforms, assault on unnecessary spending. his attempt to avoid entitlement bankruptcy and his devotion to economic growth to fix america's problems. all of it, and i mean all of it is to my liking. growth, growth, growth, paul ryan. stay on that track. remember what ronald reagan and jack kemp taught us. growth solves almost all the problems. all right. let's bring in our ace political strategists. here now, veteran democratic strategist robert schrum and dick armie. dick, will ryan re-energize team romney with a bold message of economic growth and a mandate to govern? >> oh, yes. there is no doubt about it. the selection of paul ryan is a triumph of substance over ceremony, policy over politics. this is a man who understands the grieve use nature of the problems facing this coun
paul ryan is, right now, clarifying and emboldening the free market, free enterprise romney campaign. good for ryan. he's a man of bold ideas. he will make the contrast between president obama's big government, tax the rich, spend and spend, his government dependency and entitlement. ryan, supply side tax cut reforms, assault on unnecessary spending. his attempt to avoid entitlement bankruptcy and his devotion to economic growth to fix america's problems. all of it, and i mean all of it is to...
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. >> and they are spending slower right now. what's your take on the romney pick? romney-ryan? >> as you know i'm a strong pick for romney, i like the pick for vice president. this election should be about the economy and job creation and i think you will see both sides move to the middle to win america's hearts, minds, and pocketbooks. >> you have before very vocal about the double taxation in the u.s. any movement on that? this has been an idea that's been floated a long time and a lot, and we're not seeing any movement on it, why? >> two things, maria. i think it takes courage to do this. every other developed country does this. prime minister cameron said i don't understand the u.s. policy, but if they don't understand it invest in the u.k. and we bought a $5 billion company in the u.k. and now half of our head count in the u.k. are engineers. >> that's really interesting. >> is so we have to get our act together and send people to invest in america. we still have the majority of our employees in america. we have to have help from government. >> where are the opportunities
. >> and they are spending slower right now. what's your take on the romney pick? romney-ryan? >> as you know i'm a strong pick for romney, i like the pick for vice president. this election should be about the economy and job creation and i think you will see both sides move to the middle to win america's hearts, minds, and pocketbooks. >> you have before very vocal about the double taxation in the u.s. any movement on that? this has been an idea that's been floated a long...
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but you're right, where is his full tax plan? where is his plan to reform medicare, medicaid and social security? that's what's so ironic about this. actually, mitt romney has these things -- >> he's going to run on the fact that we've had what? 24 months of consecutive job growth and private sector? he's going to run on -- he's going to run -- general motors is back after they were dead, left for dead, run on the fact he actually got osama bin laden. he's going to run on the fact he's the first president to get a health care plan after 70 years of people trying to do it. yes, some of these things aren't popular in terms of the health care plan, but the president is still very popular. >> the president is signaling -- >> the president is still leading. >> the approval rating -- >> his numbers have deteriorated over the course of the week. >> a month ago you said it was because of gas prices. >> mitt can do this. mitt romney from the private equity deal making world can say to americans, you know what? this guy can't make a deal t
but you're right, where is his full tax plan? where is his plan to reform medicare, medicaid and social security? that's what's so ironic about this. actually, mitt romney has these things -- >> he's going to run on the fact that we've had what? 24 months of consecutive job growth and private sector? he's going to run on -- he's going to run -- general motors is back after they were dead, left for dead, run on the fact he actually got osama bin laden. he's going to run on the fact he's...
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we are holding a flash poll right now on "the kudlow report" facebook page. that capitalism must be supported by the rule of law, unlike this proposal. [ woman ] for the london olympic games, our town had a "brilliant" idea. support team usa and show our olympic spirit right in our own backyard. so we combined our citi thankyou points to make it happen. tom chipped in 10,000 points. karen kicked in 20,000. and by pooling more thankyou points from folks all over town, we were able to watch team usa... [ cheering ] in true london fashion. [ male announcer ] now citi thankyou visa card holders can combine the thankyou points they've earned and get even greater rewards. ♪ >> we talked about the political implications. president will give hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants work permits. he recently wrote the piece whose fault it s it for today's bad economy. >> good to see you, larry. >> i am in favor of many of reforms that obama is proposing. the trouble is there is no due prosacess running through congress. >> that's my area. >> i got excited.
we are holding a flash poll right now on "the kudlow report" facebook page. that capitalism must be supported by the rule of law, unlike this proposal. [ woman ] for the london olympic games, our town had a "brilliant" idea. support team usa and show our olympic spirit right in our own backyard. so we combined our citi thankyou points to make it happen. tom chipped in 10,000 points. karen kicked in 20,000. and by pooling more thankyou points from folks all over town, we were...
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were two versions of barack obama because mitt romney switched from the right-wing immigration hate tore someone who will support president obama's immigration plan. this is -- >> howard, once again, like your brethren, you're lying. the fact of the matter is -- >> don't call me a liar. you should be ashamed of yourself. >> i am shocked. >> there's no need to be personal. you ought should be ashamed of yourself. -- [ indiscernible ] >> mitt romney will not be in the white house because people do not trust people that talk like that. >> same kind of lie that your buddy harry reid threw out. >> tom, mitt romney has a pretty clear agenda and you support his agenda. what i'm asking here and i want you both to weigh in on this, what's president obama's agenda. when i say the case for re-election i'm talking about a future agenda and future strategy. you may not like it, but what is it? that's what i'm trying to define. tom stemberg, you first and now i want governor dean. >> i've been listening to the president now since the campaign began and other than it's a vague idea and tax the ric
were two versions of barack obama because mitt romney switched from the right-wing immigration hate tore someone who will support president obama's immigration plan. this is -- >> howard, once again, like your brethren, you're lying. the fact of the matter is -- >> don't call me a liar. you should be ashamed of yourself. >> i am shocked. >> there's no need to be personal. you ought should be ashamed of yourself. -- [ indiscernible ] >> mitt romney will not be in...
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. >> i will bet you $20 right now. i'll make a romney $10,000 bet that obama care is not repealed. >> i'll bet you it will be repealed, but i'll buy a gift for your new daughter. >> thank you. >> if romney wins, which was not expected a week ago but is now more expected, if he wins what is the stock market impact? is it greater than earnings and the federal reserve? how do you assess a romney victory? >> what becomes important is the effect on capital gains and dividend taxes. we as investors view asset investments on an after-tax basis. they make those particular investments more attractive, and we saw this with respect to to t cool stocks. >> the average small business has 2.5 employees, the average is over 5. small businesses get a boom in that. >> i don't disagree with what you're saying but i focus on the tax policy. >> they'll go sky high if romney loses and skier higher because of obama care. >> that said, just to repeat, i disagree. >> all detriments to growth. >> detriments to growth. if romney wins, the odds
. >> i will bet you $20 right now. i'll make a romney $10,000 bet that obama care is not repealed. >> i'll bet you it will be repealed, but i'll buy a gift for your new daughter. >> thank you. >> if romney wins, which was not expected a week ago but is now more expected, if he wins what is the stock market impact? is it greater than earnings and the federal reserve? how do you assess a romney victory? >> what becomes important is the effect on capital gains and...
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. >> all right. and rising gop star and romney backer south carolina governor nikki haley. she tells me why she is crunching down on unions, and whether she is running for vice president. and will rick santorum now call it quits? his biggest backer, billionaire foster freeze joins me for a live exclusive interview. president obama's attempt to bully the supreme court over obamacare is backfiring. and now it looks like he is backing off. texas ag greg abbott fights back on our show against obama in another exclusive. >>> but first up, let's get the rundown on today's market sell-off. cnbc's only kayla tausche joins us with the details. all right, kayla, good evening. what can you tell us? >> no secret the bears came out of the woods today causing the worst day for stocks since march 6th, and the worst day for the nasdaq all year with the tech sector sinking 1%. about a percent and a and a half, and the dow holding at 13,74 points. telecom the only sector to close the day in the green. frontier communications getting an upgrade this weekend. at&t reaching a four-year agreemen
. >> all right. and rising gop star and romney backer south carolina governor nikki haley. she tells me why she is crunching down on unions, and whether she is running for vice president. and will rick santorum now call it quits? his biggest backer, billionaire foster freeze joins me for a live exclusive interview. president obama's attempt to bully the supreme court over obamacare is backfiring. and now it looks like he is backing off. texas ag greg abbott fights back on our show against...
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romney and ryan take a completely different point of view. before people have talked about it's a lesser of two evils. in this situation, in this election, it will be very different that they need to significant volatility end of november. >> ebay seeing a surge today in afternoon trading but what exactly was behind this pop? let's bring in john with the latest on this. what is the rumor mill grinding? >> the rumor was that ebay is getting close to spinning off paypal. they had no comment on that but i am hearing that is not happening any time soon. >> thanks a lot for separating fact from fiction at this point. in terms of the options activity you did see unusual activity. in particular we saw it at the september 47 call strike. large blocks two and 4,000 options that are clipped going across. they almost doubled on the day. going from 54 cents to a dollar today on a relatively minor move out of the stock. keep an eye on it. they really are not plans. perhaps this was a trial balloon that they tossed out there to see how people would react.
romney and ryan take a completely different point of view. before people have talked about it's a lesser of two evils. in this situation, in this election, it will be very different that they need to significant volatility end of november. >> ebay seeing a surge today in afternoon trading but what exactly was behind this pop? let's bring in john with the latest on this. what is the rumor mill grinding? >> the rumor was that ebay is getting close to spinning off paypal. they had no...
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or is he going to play right into mitt romney's hands with romney as the clear deal maker in chief? so let's talk. you've got dave goodfriend, former clinton white house official and co-host of "left jab" on sirius xm radio. jennifer ruben, author of "the washington post" right turn blog. matt lewis. who won today between john boehner and barack obama? who won that, matt? >> i think romney probably wins today. obama has been winning politically. he's been framing the debate. but i think today romney does. at the end of the day, you can spin this all you want, but barack obama, his budget got zero votes and democrats in the senate haven't passed a budget for years, so it's hard to overcome those facts, larry. >> those are good facts, and you nailed it. you get the nobel prize for politics right off the top of the show. now, folks, hang on, everybody. goodfriend is going to go crazy. jennifer, try to calm him down. i want you to hear from mitt romney some little parcels of his speech in des moines, iowa. just listen to this for a minute. >> a prairie fire of debt is sweeping across io
or is he going to play right into mitt romney's hands with romney as the clear deal maker in chief? so let's talk. you've got dave goodfriend, former clinton white house official and co-host of "left jab" on sirius xm radio. jennifer ruben, author of "the washington post" right turn blog. matt lewis. who won today between john boehner and barack obama? who won that, matt? >> i think romney probably wins today. obama has been winning politically. he's been framing the...
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in the sort of rural areas, right, they may be more conservative to the romney-ryan ticket. the milwaukee area, especially madison, wisconsin, overwhelmingly obama in 2008 in the madison area. but to your point, scott, it is an excellent one. this is perhaps not only a key battleground state for the election, probably the most polarized state in the united states right now. they face the recall election, walker got through it. there's a lot of people angry about it. i can tell you this much anecdotally. take it for what it's worth. on the drive to the studio today, i saw fresh-looking obama 2012 bumper stickers. i'm not sure ryan from the folks -- maybe i spoke to 20 or so people over the last 2 days around town and i'm not sure it changes anybody's votes. >> interesting point. just this morning i saw that in-trade is having obama's re-election chances near three-months highs. brian, stay with us. just now on cnbc.com you have paul ryan in his own words. the new gop vice presidential committ candidate. check out the video clips, the slar you sound bites given us over time. >
in the sort of rural areas, right, they may be more conservative to the romney-ryan ticket. the milwaukee area, especially madison, wisconsin, overwhelmingly obama in 2008 in the madison area. but to your point, scott, it is an excellent one. this is perhaps not only a key battleground state for the election, probably the most polarized state in the united states right now. they face the recall election, walker got through it. there's a lot of people angry about it. i can tell you this much...
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right. all right, jim, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you, sue. >> see you soon. >>> in the next hour, obama stocks versus romney stocks. we are going to check our exclusive cnbc port foal grows see hot market's banking on and whether you should, too. we will be right back. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. ♪ [ female announcer ] today is not just about who lives in the white house, it's about who lives in the yellow house, the brick, the green, and the apartment house, too. today we not only honor the oval office, but we honor the cubicle, the open-air office and the home office as well. ♪ today is not just about who rides in air force one, it's about who rides in the 4 door sedan, the 2 door hatchback and the v8 muscle car. â
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muddying up is right. paul ryan and mitt romney personally have called akin to urge him to quit the missouri senate race. he's hanging in. they fear that could have a negative effect on their ticket and campaign. todd akin has lashed out at romney accusing his own party's standard bear of ramping out what akin calls his mistake. akin is still standing, he says, on his website. casting himself as an anti-abortion hero as he tries to raise money. on "today" akin told matt lauer he only apologizes for saying he admits now incorrectly that women will not likely get pregnant if they are victims of what he called legitimate rape. >> while i apologize for the misuse of that word, at the same time i don't apologize for the fact that i am strong in my belief of pro-life. >> akin tweeted yesterday, i apologized but the liberal media is trying to make me drop out. in fact, most democrats want him to stay in so incumbent senator claire mchaskill can beat him in missouri. that's what she wants. >> the voters have spoke
muddying up is right. paul ryan and mitt romney personally have called akin to urge him to quit the missouri senate race. he's hanging in. they fear that could have a negative effect on their ticket and campaign. todd akin has lashed out at romney accusing his own party's standard bear of ramping out what akin calls his mistake. akin is still standing, he says, on his website. casting himself as an anti-abortion hero as he tries to raise money. on "today" akin told matt lauer he only...
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>> all right. that of course is mitt romney. it was last year saying we should let states decide about disaster relief. as usual, president obama wants the federal government to pick up the whole tab and then some. my next guest says disasters create not better government, but bigger government. okay. i want to bring in author of "the forgotten man," a new history of the great depression. i'm not a poopposed to the -- catastrophic natural disasters. we need some help. i want to read this and get your take. regarding fema and this cash spending. under ronald reagan they did it 28 times. okay? under bill clinton, another two terms, 89 times. under george w. bush, they did it 130 times. and under barack obama, who hasn't served a full term yet, it's already up to 153 times. that suggests we're out. fema-izing ourselves if there is such a word. >> you want to be careful with that data. there's a very big year in there, 2011. yes, larry, the trend is upward. once you create an entity like fema you use it a lot. it's a toy. right? the
>> all right. that of course is mitt romney. it was last year saying we should let states decide about disaster relief. as usual, president obama wants the federal government to pick up the whole tab and then some. my next guest says disasters create not better government, but bigger government. okay. i want to bring in author of "the forgotten man," a new history of the great depression. i'm not a poopposed to the -- catastrophic natural disasters. we need some help. i want to...
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obviously right now at least under romney, the financials would do better. either way the financials are probably the best spot to be in. >> i'm glad you mentioned that. xlf at the highest of the day. >> going higher. >> that's the financial index. you have it up more than one and a third percent. murphy? >> a lot of money managers were positioning themselves in cash. people want to be on the sidelines. now we come in today and it looks like we'll have an outcome for the election. looks like it will be decided. a lot of money is coming in and people are positioning themselves for a new regime. whether that's romney who i think would be better for the market or obama, people are positioning themselves for what's going to happen when the market catches up with earnings when we put the fiscal cliff aside. >> let me ask you. why is there an overwhelming perception that a republican, whether romney or whoever will be better for the stock market when if you look at the data which we lay out for you it's not always the case? >> i will agree with steven here. >> peo
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the so-called 30% buffett tax on millionaires which the obama democrats are aiming right at mitt romney's capital gains, it's nothing more than doubling the 15% cap gains tax. and by the way, cap gains itself is a double tax on corporate profits. and if you raise the combined tax to 55%, that would pose enormous damage to the economy. sizzle story number two, good economic news around the globe helped our stocks climb 84 points. and i wonder, are we heading for a stock market melt-up? that's right, a melt-up. and topic number three tonight, the day after mitt romney's bone-crushing victory over newt gingrich, now the front-runner has a controversy over poor people, and we'll tackle it. by the way, we're going have a quick report on the facebook ipo. one thousand millionaires could be created overnight. wow. let's get right to our top sizzle story of the day and the continued class warfare coming from obama democrats. senate democrats moved ahead with their so-called buffett tax on millionaires. take a listen to the bill's co-sponsor, rhode island senator sheldon whitehouse earlier today.
the so-called 30% buffett tax on millionaires which the obama democrats are aiming right at mitt romney's capital gains, it's nothing more than doubling the 15% cap gains tax. and by the way, cap gains itself is a double tax on corporate profits. and if you raise the combined tax to 55%, that would pose enormous damage to the economy. sizzle story number two, good economic news around the globe helped our stocks climb 84 points. and i wonder, are we heading for a stock market melt-up? that's...
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so romney, all asking him, badgering him c the mainstream media, why not say, you're right, upper class people will have limits and ultimately may lose their home mortgage deduction. you may have upper income people may lose their state and local taxes deductions. >> it's a sucker play. >> here's how i'm going to do it. >> the problem is all the press will focus on is he wants to get rid of the mortgage deduction, charitable deduction. this is exactly why the liberals are trying to -- >> why is that a game? your guy won't say -- all i know from your guy -- >> my guy put up a bill to put it down to 28%. >> got zero votes in he thousand senate. your guy will raise tax, raise spending and raise regulation and the epa will close down oil and gas. >> i don't disagree. i agree with everything you all said. i don't know why your guy doesn't come out of the closet on the tasks. i have never in my life ever in 45 years, i used to be a republican, i have never seen a republican run away from a tax cut as quickly as mitt romney is. >> i think you're missing a main point, larry, with all due respec
so romney, all asking him, badgering him c the mainstream media, why not say, you're right, upper class people will have limits and ultimately may lose their home mortgage deduction. you may have upper income people may lose their state and local taxes deductions. >> it's a sucker play. >> here's how i'm going to do it. >> the problem is all the press will focus on is he wants to get rid of the mortgage deduction, charitable deduction. this is exactly why the liberals are...
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so not one, not two, but 400 -- you heard me right -- 400 prominent economists are endorsing mitt romney's economic revival and jobs plan and criticizing president obama's own efforts. imagine 400 economists marching on the white house. calculators and all. 400 economists in the same room. imagine the advice. let's talk to the wall street journal's steve moore for a sneak peek of the statement from this elite list of signatories which is apparently still growing. here is steve moore from the wall street journal editorial board. let me ask you, steve, first of all, are there democrats on this list? any democratic economists? >> there is no party affiliation there, larry. out's an impressive group of people. there are four nobel prize economists. your buddy and mine, art laffer, marty feldstein. there is a lot of gravitasse in the movement. certainly barack obama is going to have his list of economists who support his plan. i think this gives a good housekeeping seal of approval for the romney-ryan plan of tax reductions to get the economy moving, trim in government spending. the economists
so not one, not two, but 400 -- you heard me right -- 400 prominent economists are endorsing mitt romney's economic revival and jobs plan and criticizing president obama's own efforts. imagine 400 economists marching on the white house. calculators and all. 400 economists in the same room. imagine the advice. let's talk to the wall street journal's steve moore for a sneak peek of the statement from this elite list of signatories which is apparently still growing. here is steve moore from the...
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mitt romney says we'll deal with this right away, prevent this cliff, this massive tax increase, devastating defense cuts from taking place. >> right away. >> right away. to prevent this. we'll telegraph it so the markets know. >> before other plans go into place the first thing, first order of business for romney-ryan is to deal with the tax cliff and the threat of recession. >> that's right. we need to get this economy growing. we need to get people back to work. the markets need to know. businesses need to know. employers need to know we are not going to sock it to them with tax increases and spending increases or devastating defense cuts. what we are going to do is fix this right away. and put in place a structural long-term solution to get growth in the economy. get people back to work. >> all right, you will hear more from my headline-making interview with paul ryan in a few minutes. first, labor secretary and cnbc contributor robert reich, author of "beyond outrage" which will be in stores next week and the former director of the congressional budget office. you heard paul ryan. tempo
mitt romney says we'll deal with this right away, prevent this cliff, this massive tax increase, devastating defense cuts from taking place. >> right away. >> right away. to prevent this. we'll telegraph it so the markets know. >> before other plans go into place the first thing, first order of business for romney-ryan is to deal with the tax cliff and the threat of recession. >> that's right. we need to get this economy growing. we need to get people back to work. the...
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that's not the right answer. we want on make sure we preserve and protect medicare. >> in fact the affordable care act, obama care, cuts the growth of medicare by $700 billion over ten years. but benefits to seniors actually increase under obama care and which reduces payments to providers and in exchange for more people covered by insurance. what's more, the ryan plan approved by the house cuts medicare spending every bit as much as obama care does. it incorporate it is very same budget projections even as it repeals obama care. that may be what you call having it both ways and both sides can play this mediscare game. >> got to love campaigns. scott cohn, thank you very much. brian budget plan goeswhelm beyond just medicare. so is it the answer to help knock out deficits and bring the economy back on track or is it too draconian at this point? >> peter ferrara of the heartland institute says it is the right tool important the job at hand and he joins us now. peter, i'm sure you have a list of things that make it
that's not the right answer. we want on make sure we preserve and protect medicare. >> in fact the affordable care act, obama care, cuts the growth of medicare by $700 billion over ten years. but benefits to seniors actually increase under obama care and which reduces payments to providers and in exchange for more people covered by insurance. what's more, the ryan plan approved by the house cuts medicare spending every bit as much as obama care does. it incorporate it is very same budget...
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your second recall election was a bigger margin than the first. >> right. >> now, where should mitt romney start? where should the thrust be in the speech on thursday? >> it's simple. the argument is who do you want -- where do you want your politician to stand? with big government special interests or hardworking taxpayers? mitt romney and paul ryan have a plan to stand with the hardworking taxpayers of the country. the more they point out what the difference is, if you don't look at the facts the president seems like a likeable decent guy. you realize the people he's hurting most are horde working taxpayers of the country. the more we point it out the better off we will be. >> governor scott walker of wisconsin, a revolutionary himself. coming up, the head of the republican platform committee, our friend governor bob mcdonnell of virginia. he's my exclusive guest coming up next. i'm larry kudlow. stay with us. right here in tampa at the gop convention. [ male announcer ] it's a golden opportunity to experience the ultimate expression of power... control. [ engine revs ] during the golden
your second recall election was a bigger margin than the first. >> right. >> now, where should mitt romney start? where should the thrust be in the speech on thursday? >> it's simple. the argument is who do you want -- where do you want your politician to stand? with big government special interests or hardworking taxpayers? mitt romney and paul ryan have a plan to stand with the hardworking taxpayers of the country. the more they point out what the difference is, if you don't...
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reporting this called "the washington post," they're saying, yes, the guy -- you can show me 100 polls, right now your guy is losing in almost every poll. kate obenshane if you're watching the debate and mitt romney says we went out to recruit women at the highest levels of my massachusetts administration, i still don't know what is wrong with that. >> that story isn't true. if r he actually lied to the american people adventuriduring debate on that. >> kate, they recruit men too. if mr. romney becomes president, as i reckon he l he's going to look for financial experts, he's going to have policy experts and they're going to go out and recruit people. so what's so wrong with recruiting people? >> he went out there and said that he wanted -- >> this is what you do, you talk over us because we have points to make. barack obama overplayed his war on women hand, stephany cutter, his deputy campaign manager said we don't care what's been happening over the last four years. he said vote like your lady parts depend on it. conservatives think they're going to vote because one body part tells them to.
reporting this called "the washington post," they're saying, yes, the guy -- you can show me 100 polls, right now your guy is losing in almost every poll. kate obenshane if you're watching the debate and mitt romney says we went out to recruit women at the highest levels of my massachusetts administration, i still don't know what is wrong with that. >> that story isn't true. if r he actually lied to the american people adventuriduring debate on that. >> kate, they recruit...
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so governor romney, go out and get them. you can do it. >> all right. top romney adviser, former minnesota governor tim pawlenty is going to tell us what if anything this trump endorsement really means. >>> plus, jim demint of south carolina, he talks to me about ending corporate welfare and earmarks. then again, is ben bernanke bankrolling trillion dollar deficits? and stocks fly today, but what about a stock market melt-up? that's right, a melt-up. >>> we welcome back tim pawlenty, he joins us now to talk about trump's hiring mitt romney. now, governor, before we begin, take a listen to what the donald also said earlier. >> we bring a lot of people, not because people like me, but because they agree with what i'm saying and how our country is -- we are being just ripped to the tune of trillions of dollars by other countries and other places. whe whether it's china, india, opec -- and i don't think that's going to happen with mitt romney. >> ripped by china, india, and opec. in a moment we're going to hear from our "a" plus panel. let me talk to govern
so governor romney, go out and get them. you can do it. >> all right. top romney adviser, former minnesota governor tim pawlenty is going to tell us what if anything this trump endorsement really means. >>> plus, jim demint of south carolina, he talks to me about ending corporate welfare and earmarks. then again, is ben bernanke bankrolling trillion dollar deficits? and stocks fly today, but what about a stock market melt-up? that's right, a melt-up. >>> we welcome back...
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right now the media pumps him up, he's the ronald reagan alternative to mitt romney. he has no -- he hasn't earned the right to condemn romney because he's not conservative enough because he ought to be looking to his own record and explain why he's voted for so much big government. he votes for foreign aid and things like this. that doesn't mean -- that means he's not a conservative. he's a states conservative. >> in your view is he more conservative than romney? we have a guest coming up later on saying romney is too liberal. if you're saying santorum has done these things, do you think santorum is too liberal? >> well, obviously, he's for too much big government. it's the definition of conservative and liberals that need a little bit of adjusting. if you double the size of the department of education and george bush does it, that's called conservative, if you continue to fight wars, that's called conservative, if you increase military spending, that's called conservative. if you pass the patriot act and intrude into everyone's houses without a search warrant, that'
right now the media pumps him up, he's the ronald reagan alternative to mitt romney. he has no -- he hasn't earned the right to condemn romney because he's not conservative enough because he ought to be looking to his own record and explain why he's voted for so much big government. he votes for foreign aid and things like this. that doesn't mean -- that means he's not a conservative. he's a states conservative. >> in your view is he more conservative than romney? we have a guest coming...
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>> that's right. as romney pointed out in the march 12 u.s. chamber of commerce survey three-quarters. this provision has struck fear in our hearts. >> the way i read it, robert, is if president obama's greatest legislative achievement is struck down it will be the most bullish thing to happen in the economy. do you agree with that? >> i don't agree, larry. i think the supreme court is likely to -- actually, you know, my kind of assumption here is that the chief justice is so concerned about the public's perception of polarization and parse san ship in the court after bush v gore and citizens united that he may with justice kennedy and the liberals on the court. and actually uphold the constitutionality of the entire law. let's assume, for the sake of the argument, that betsy is right and the court overturns the least popular provision which is the individual mandate. at that point the insurance industry will be all over capitol hi capitol hill because they cannot pay for a popular provision of law which is their requirement to ensure and cove
>> that's right. as romney pointed out in the march 12 u.s. chamber of commerce survey three-quarters. this provision has struck fear in our hearts. >> the way i read it, robert, is if president obama's greatest legislative achievement is struck down it will be the most bullish thing to happen in the economy. do you agree with that? >> i don't agree, larry. i think the supreme court is likely to -- actually, you know, my kind of assumption here is that the chief justice is so...